CAMPTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police report that a Campton woman is charged with first-degree fetal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence.
According to KSP, they were contacted on Wednesday afternoon by United Clinic in Campton, stating a woman in the clinic said she had aborted her pregnancy at a home on Flat Mary Road.
KSP says that detectives arrived at the clinic and began an investigation, in which they interviewed the woman, identified as 35-year-old Melinda Spencer.
According to KSP, Spencer told detectives that "she had ordered medication online to complete an abortion" and "took the medication, which resulted in the death of a developed male infant." Following the infant's death, KSP says that Spencer then "buried the infant on the backside of her property in a shallow grave."
During the investigation, KSP says that detectives went to the home where they found the infant in a shallow grave.
KSP says that Spencer was arrested and is booked in the Three Forks Regional Jail.
The case remains under investigation, according to KSP.
